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    Jul 21, 2010, 10:29 AM
    Dipstick too hot to touch
    Should my briggs get so hot that the dipstick is too hot to touch?
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    Jul 23, 2010, 01:42 PM

    Hi,
    I would think that your flywheel kay is not "healthy." I say this because the ignition advance systems in use today to satisfy the EPA will try to compensate for a sheared or partially sheared key. The result is often heat.
    Peat,
    Clarke
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